The Story of a Great Gettysburgian: Janet Morgan Riggs as Professor
By Julia Chin and Thea Toocheck, Staff Writers Janet Morgan Riggs graduated with Gettysburg College’s senior class of 1977 with Princeton University on the horizon before her. At age 22, Riggs never expected that she would return to Gettysburg’s campus in four years, and this time, not as a student. After earning her Ph.D. in Psychology from Princeton, Riggs returned to Gettysburg College in 1981 as a professor, an occupation she...
Puerto Rico Tour: College Choir Brings Back the Sea for Home Concert
By Julia Chin, Staff Writer It’s 4:45 AM on a Saturday and the first day of Gettysburg College’s spring break is quiet, save for a stirring on the second floor of Schmucker Hall. In Choir Director Dr. Robert Natter’s office, there is a cardboard box flocked by students. Winter coats and dorm keys are dropped into the box without a second glance: these are items the Gettysburg College Choir will not need where they’re headed. A few...
The V Speaks: ‘The Vagina Monologues and Our Voices 2019’
By Julia Chin, Staff Writer “If your vagina could speak, what would it say?” This past weekend, this was the question that The Vagina Monologues asked of Gettysburg College. The episodic play was written by social activist Eve Ensler in 1994 and has endured as a quintessentially college-age production ever since. The work is a collection of monologues that reflect the experiences of over 200 women of diverse backgrounds whom Ensler...
Candid Candies: Gettysburg Heart to Hearts on Valentine’s Day
By Julia Chin, Staff Writer “My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates,’” Forrest Gump famously declared. “You never know what you’re gonna get.” I think people are a lot like that as well, especially in love. Love comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, and no love story is ever told twice in history. Yet, whether we are in love, out of love, or searching for the meaning of love, we cannot deny that it is the common...
Much to Be Thankful For at Gettysburg College
By Julia Chin, Staff Writer After Servo’s long-awaited Thanksgiving dinner last week, students are craving mashed potatoes, pumpkin-flavored everything, and a little slice of home more than ever. Plans are being made to go home for the holidays, catch up with old friends, or even have dinner with some professors, who have graciously opened their homes to long-distance students. Not even the upcoming forecast for snow flurries can stop...
